Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 279 Tell Me You Miss Me Too

Maia gritted her teeth and asked, “Can’t you get up by yourself?”

“I fell because of you.” That was true. Maia could not deny that. She pursed her lips and helped him up after a long pause.

The next moment, he held her arm and got up swiftly. He pulled and yanked her into his chest, holding her in his embrace tightly. Maia caught the scent of cigarettes off of him. Her face reddened instantly.

“Let me go, Cedric. What do you think you’re…“‘

“I missed you dearly.” He cut her off with a seductive voice. There was no need to give her a long explanation.

Maia blushed. “L–Let me go…”

“Could you

tell me a lie?” His voice was deep and he sounded lonely. Maia did not understand

what he meant.

“Tell me you miss me too.” Even a lie was better than nothing. She could feel his sorrow.

Bereft of his usual arrogance and condescension, Cedric was looking at her with the eyes of a little boy who had been hurt.

Her heart soared.

Tried as she may have been, Maia could not deny the influence he had over her. She told herself countless times that she should never change her mind about him, but there was something she had to admit.

She had stayed away from him and rejected him many times. She also tried to cut him out of her life. She did all of this because he had a strong grip on her. She was worried she would fall

him once

just barely see the scars on his body through his shirt. It was a memento of the

froze midair as Cedric held her ever closer, as

doubted, and hurt her countless times. A mixture of rage, sorrow,

hatred flashed in her eyes. Eleven years. That was how long she had loved him unconditionally and sacrificed herself for him.

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more time could

smiled bitterly and said in the most brutal tone possible, “I don’t think I can muster enough strength to lie, Cedric. It might make you happy, but it can’t change what happened. I’d feel

that, she pushed

stop herself from falling again. Then, she headed toward the sliding door when it was stable enough to walk. She did

about to slide the door open, he said, “When are you going to

paused, turned, and looked at him. She could tell he was secretly

Instead, he left his vulnerabilities wide open for her to see. Maia was

his Achilles heel.

ignored his glance and said calmly, “Why

to do it in The

had not counted on him knowing about it. Was it merely a guess on his part? It

the organizer and the sponsor for this show? That sounds about right. After all, my actions

“That’s where you’re

looked at him,

looking forward

straightened herself and said, “Mykonos Studio is a big player in the entertainment industry. Once I tear Victor down, his company is going

worried about that?”

of their shares as a gift. That was

say that. It was intended as a parting gift.